PV Sindhu, Hima Das Pledge To Donate Money For Coronavirus Relief

India’s ace female athletes, badminton player PV Sindhu, and sprinter Hima Das have each resolved to make donations for coronavirus relief efforts, setting an example for other celebrities who have the resources to contribute.

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Hima announced that she will be contributing a month’s salary to the Assam government’s Assam Arogya Nidhi Account, which has been made to safeguard the health of people in the wake of COVID19. Ministers like Kiren Rijju have tweeted in support of her philanthropic move. Last year, during the Assam floods, Hima magnanimously donated half a month’s salary to help those affected.

Friends it’s high time to stand together & support people who need us. I am contributing 1 month of my salary to Assam Govt. in Assam Arogya Nidhi Account made to safeguard the health of people in the wake of Covid-19. @narendramodi@sarbanandsonwal@KirenRijiju@himantabiswa

PV Sindhu is donating Rs 5 lakh to two states

I hereby donate an amount of Rs 5,00,000/- each (Rs five lakhs ) towards the "Chief Ministers Relief Fund" for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to fight against COVID-19. @TelanganaCMO@AndhraPradeshCM

Shuttler PV Sindhu, who is from Hyderabad, pledged to donate Rs 5 lakh each to her home states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. She tweeted that she’ll be giving the money to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to fight COVID19 in each of these states.

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However, she’s still being subjected to slander about how they did not donate enough, and that Olympic athletes win crores of money (we wish!).

Expected at least 2cr because when you own Olympic medal both the telugu states and other states gave way close to 20cr to u.

Why are these women the ones being criticised for not donating enough, but not industrialists or actors in the 100-crore club?

Sania Mirza also urged people to make donations

Apart from ex-Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, and wrestler Bajrang Punia, who donated money for COVID19 relief efforts, tennis player Sania Mirza also urged people to contribute to those suffering, in kind.

It should be noted that female sportspersons don’t have the biggest pockets in India, when compared to the likes of male cricketers, Bollywood celebrities, and industrialists. So, for those who don’t have coffers filled with cash, to pledge such a large sum is in fact a big deal, and does deserve applause.

Many seemed to have noticed this, because the replies to Hima and PV Sindhu’s tweets are full of people tagging wealthy cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Virat Kohli, urging them to donate as well.

Further, while it’s great to donate if you have the money to do so, we need to ask, why are average citizens required to bear the brunt of healthcare in the country when we already pay taxes which are supposed to go towards expansion of healthcare services?

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